Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-27

,>rAe Sceo'ia eh" 'oh W tno wall OF the Araa
and began 10 climb over it, an exampl,
which the little girl followed. But Flossi.
was evidently very stiff and cramped, ant
could only go slowly, and As she went tw,
Nasal fiyinS down the kraal caught sight OF
her and rushed toward her To XII her Tn,
first fellow came up just As the poor littl,
girl, after de>perat" effort to climb III,
wall. fell back into the kraal. Up flashed tn.
great spear, and IT did 50 a bullet from nv
rifle found its home in the holders ribs. AND
over he went like IA shot rabbit But behind
him WAS the other man, and, alas | had only
that one cartridge in the magazine Flossi,
hal scrambled 10 her feet and was facing I'm,
second man, who was advancing with raised
spear turned my head aside and felt sick
as death could not bear to s.e him stal
her. Glancing up again, to my surprise
saw the Masais spear lying on the ground
while the man himself was staggering about
with both hands TO his head Suddenly
saw a puff Of smoke, proceeding apparently
from FloSsie, aud the man fell down head
long. Then | remembered TIL. Derriuy,r
pistol she carried, and saw that she had fired
both barrels of it ut him. thereby saving her
life In another instant She had made an
effort, and assisted by the nurse, who WAS
lying on the top, had scrambled over the
wall and 7 knew that = \. WAS c,,rr.ra,;,.aI,.
S,akipp safe
An This ,oL.S s,n. tim. 4, i.u ,,,. ,
no, s,nn,se that i, tool NOR, ,b.n &C.,
sA,,nds 10 enact Is,o, s,,, tina uo,,,z;,, ,f
,b.. r.r.,,.r ,iI,.d again With c,rtriJc,, 81
ono. mon. onapa3 fire n,, ~, H.. sa.,,L;,s-
black mass which WAS ya,b,r;,g at RI. .n5
of the kraai hut on fug;tiv.. who h.th,us,n,
,h.m q, climb III. wall ,,.l., o,r -,
Of tb,.s,. me, ,novipg down tox,.rJs III. 81
of tb, lr.,l ,s I diJ 60 and .rr;,,,,,, a. ,h.
corner or rather IN. bend of IN. ovo, in
tima to s,s and hv m.ans Of my ria, 10
assist in the mighty strupyle that tool n,aca
there
Rv.b;s tims som. ooO N,s,;- ,l,ou;,, That
We had mn 10 TN. presept accounted for tif,v
had gathered tore,b.r in from, oS tho ,bor,
s,opr.,I entrance drive, tbitb.r nv the s,,s.r rs
Of Goods men, whom they doubtless sup-
posed were a large force instead of being lint
ten strong For some reason il never o.
CURED to them to try and rush the wall
which they could have scrambled over with
comparative ease: they all made for the
fence, which was really a strongly inter-
woven fertilization. With a bound the first
warrior went at il. and even before he
touched the ground on the other side saw
Sir Henry's great axe swing III and fall with
awful force upon his feather head piece and
he sank into the middle of the tborns Then
with yell and crash, they began to break
as they might, and ever as they came
the great axe swung and lnkosi- -kaas flashed
and they fell dead one by one, each man thus
helping TO build up q barrier against his
fellows Those who escaped the axes of the
pair fell ut the hands of the Askari and the
two mission kaffirs, and those who passesi
scathless from them We're brought low by my
own and Mackenzie's fire
Faster and more furious grew the fighting.
Single Nasal would sprin upon the dead
bodies Of their comrades, and engage one or
other of the axmen with their long spears.
but, thanks chiefly to the mail shirts, the re-
suit was always the same.
Good and his men were quite close bv now.
and our people had to cease firing into the
mass for fear of killing some Of them las it
was, one OF them was slain in this way. Mad
and desperate with fear, the Nasal by q
frantic effort burst through the thorn fence
and piled up dead, and sweeping Curtis,
CmsiopoSaas, ana the other three before
.hein, broke into the open And now it
was that We began to lose Men fast. Down
went our poor Askari who was armed with
ne AK, great spear standing out foot be-
Ilnd his back; anu before long the two spears
men who had stood with him went down too,
lying hgh'ing IKE ngers, and Others OF our
'arty shared their late For moment
cared the night was iost-certainly 1t trembled
n the balance shouted to my men TO cast
Town their riiies, and TO take spears and
bro" themselves into the melee They
'beyed, their blood being now thoroughly up,
'nd Ny Mackenzies people followed their
xample
ihis move had momentary good result,
nut stiii the fiebt hing N tie balance.
our people iousht magnlhcentiy, hurting
themselves upon the dark mass of Eimoran,
ewing, ihrustihs. staying and being slain.
INA ever above the i'm rose Goods awful
eli Oh encouragement as he plunged TO
'nere'er the iiSht WAS thicSest; and ever,
18th an almost machine like regularity, the
no axes rose and fell. carrying death and |
isablemeut at every stroke But could SEQ
nat the strain was beginning 10 tell on Sir
Ienry, who was blessing from several flesh
'ounds; his breath was coming in gasps. and |
he veins stood out on his forehead like blue |
nd knotted cords Even Cmslopasaas, man |
I iron that he was, was hard pressed l |
lyself did not go into the melee, but hovcred |
utside like the swift back" in a football
,rimmage, putting a bullet through Nasal |
'henever got a chance l WAS more use So
fired forty-nine cartridges that morning,
nd did not miss MANY shots
Presently, do as we would, the beam Of the
alancc began TO rise against us. We had
OF more than fifteen or sixteen electives left
ow, and the Nasal had at least fifty. OF
purse, if they had kept their heads. and
laken themselves together. they could soon
ave made an end of the matter: but that is
lst what they did not do. not having Vet re-
1vered from their start, and some of them
swing actually fed from their sleeping
laces without their weapons. Still. bv now
lany individuals We're fighting with their
a al, |